EORTC Bladder Cancer Symposium: multi-disciplinary meeting examines treatment and diagnostic issues
Thursday, 23 September 2010- Key issues in epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment were discussed and examined by experts during the day-long EORTC-organized Bladder Cancer Symposium held today in Amsterdam, the Netherlands."This meeting is exceptional in the sense that we have...
By: Joel Vega
EORTC's Amsterdam meeting to probe treatment, research issues in bladder cancer
Tuesday, 21 September 2010- The compact but comprehensive day-long symposium organised by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) this coming Thursday, September 23, in Amsterdam will highlight salient research and treatment updates in bladder cancer with experts from...
By Joel Vega
Thulium laser enucleation of the prostate (TmLEP) vs TURP: early results assessment
Monday, 20 September 2010- Piotr Swiniarski and colleagues (Bydgoszcz, Poland) have won the third prize best abstract from Richard Wolf during the 4th North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) held recently in Riga, Latvia, for their work assessing the results on thulium laser enucleation of the...
Edited by: Joel Vega
Richard Wolf best abstract winner examines new optimised method for fixation of prostate core needle biopsy specimens
Friday, 17 September 2010- Alexey Pryalukhin, A. Urabanskiy and colleagues won the second prize for the best abstract from Richard Wolf during the recently concluded 4th North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) held from September 10 to11, 2010 in Riga, Latvia.
Presented by Pryalukhin,...
Edited by: Joel Vega
4th NEEM: prize-winning abstract on early stage Peyronie's disease treatment
Thursday, 16 September 2010- Peyronie's disease is psychologically and physically devastating disorder that manifests as a fibrous inelastic scar of the tunica albuginea, causing penile deformity, penile curvature, hinging, narrowing, shortening and painful erections.
Intralesional administration...
Edited by: Joel Vega
Global sperm DNA methylation comparison in fertile and infertile men: preliminary results
Wednesday, 15 September 2010- Igor Tsarev and J. Erenpreiss of the Riga Stradins University, Andrology Laboratory (Riga, Latvia) won the second prize for best abstract from Karl Storz during the 4th North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) recently held in Riga, Latvia.
Titled "Global sperm DNA...
Edited by: JV
Hemostasis of the lodge after resected tumor: crucial factor after laparoscopic kidney tumourectomy
Tuesday, 14 September 2010- Piotr Petrasz of the Pomeranian Medical University, Urology, Szczecin, Poland won the first prize granted by Richard Wolf for the best abstract during the 4th North Eastern European Meeting held in Riga, Latvia from September 10-11, 2010.
Petrasz study titled "The...
Edited by: JV
Prize-winning 4th NEEM abstract: tissue engineering of the urinary bladder in a rat model
Monday, 13 September 2010- Marta Pokrywczynska and colleagues of Bydgoszcz, Poland won the first prize Karl Storz Award for the best abstract during the 4th North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) held over the weekend in Riga, Latvia.
Below is the abstract titled "Tissue engineering of the...
Edited by: Joel Vega
4th NEEM in Riga: key messages in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer session
Saturday, 11 September 2010- High-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) took centre stage in the second plenary session during the two-day North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) held in Riga, Latvia over the weekend.
Dr. Jeorg Schmidbauer (Vienna, Austria) lectured on the early detection...
By Joel Vega
4th NEEM in Riga: opening session tackles key issues in prostate cancer
Friday, 10 September 2010- More than 170 participants gathered today in Riga, Latvia for the 4th North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) with the first-day agenda tackling key issues in surgical treatment options for prostate cancer (PCa) such as managing complications after radical...
By Joel Vega
